KABUL, Afghanistan, 24 April 2014 - The sounds of car horns and the jingle of colourfully decorated trucks coming from Pakistan fill the dusty air as Afghan soldiers stand guard at the busy Pul-e-Charkhi checkpoint into Kabul city. (unicef.org)

In the harsh Afghan winter, barely getting by KABUL, Afghanistan, 12 February 2014 - Winter is always the most difficult time for Fereshta and her family. (unicef.org)

KABUL, Afghanistan, 28 October 2013 - Before the fall of the Taliban in Afghanistan, Shaima Alkozai feared only one thing more than the regime's harsh punishment: the fate of the millions of girls around her growing up without an education. (unicef.org)

Resuming activities in 1989 from a new base in Peshawar, Pakistan, CARE delivered assistance to Afghanistan from across the border until 2002 when it shifted its main office back to Kabul. (care.org)

Up from five functional internet service providers (ISPs) in 2003, Afghanistan supported twenty-two internet hosts and seven main ISPs, and a growing number of internet cafés and telekiosks (public access points located in post offices and at Kabul International Airport ). (wikipedia.org)

Recognizing that these needs were not limited to Herat, FINCA initiated an ambitious long-term expansion plan to spread across Afghanistan, beginning with Kabul and Nangarhar in 2005, followed by Balkh, Laghman, Kunar and Parwan in 2006, and Kunduz in 2007. (wikipedia.org)

Freedom of expression is inviolable under the Constitution of Afghanistan , and every Afghan has the right to print or publish topics without prior submission to state authorities in accordance with the law. (wikipedia.org)

A squad of suicide bombers attacked Afghanistanﾎs intelligence service headquarters on Wednesday, killing at least one guard, wounding dozens of civilians and underlining the challenges facing Afghan security forces as international combat troops prepare to leave next year. (telegraph.co.uk)

In the opening times of the Soviet Afghan war (1979-1988), Kunar province saw some of the first rebellions against the communist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan. (wikipedia.org)

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/mar/07/world/la-fg-afghan-ghost-town7-2010mar07 "U.S. Marines advance in southern Afghanistan" Mujib Mashal Afghanistan Forces Struggle to Hold Firm Against Taliban in South: "Four districts, including Musa Qala and Nawzad, that were the focus of thousands of American and coalition troops during the 2010 surge are under Taliban control. (wikipedia.org)

HERAT, Afghanistan, 7 October 2014 - The temperature is over 37°C (98°F) in this ancient city in western Afghanistan, but the young men standing in line in front of a police recruitment centre don't seem to mind the heat. (unicef.org)

HERAT, Afghanistan, 30 October 2013 - When you enter Tajrabavi Girls School in Herat, your eyes are drawn to the shiny, pastel-green pipes that skirt the new sink, and the sparkle of the water droplets that dance about as children drink clean water and wash their hands and faces. (unicef.org)

US military commanders are preparing to expand US operations in Afghanistan, including through the deployment of more US troops in a front-line combat role and stepped up air strikes, General John Campbell, the outgoing US commander in Afghanistan, told the Washington Post in an interview Friday. (whatreallyhappened.com)

Two NATO soldiers, one of them from the US, were killed in attacks in volatile regions of Afghanistan, the alliance said, a day afterfour US troops died in violence. (sfgate.com)

The attack comes at a crucial time for Afghanistan , days after President Hamid Karzai returned from Washington, where he met Barack Obama to discuss plans for security after US combat troops leave next year, and when diplomats have stepped up peace efforts. (telegraph.co.uk)

Prince Harry races out from the VHR (very high ready-ness) tent with fellow crew members, to scramble his Apache helicopter at Camp Bastion, southern Afghanistan in this photograph taken November 3, 2012. (yahoo.com)

First, there is a general consensus that the most likely and significant displacement outcome of the Afghanistan transitions will be more internal displacement, not just in Afghanistan but also potentially through a knock-on effect in Pakistan. (brookings.edu)

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, 19 November 2013 - It's an early start for Rahila*, a volunteer who knocks at every door in her community asking mothers to bring their children to get vaccinated against the crippling polio virus. (unicef.org)

In addition to its community-based work, CARE Afghanistan advocates with and on behalf of vulnerable and marginalized Afghans for national and international policies that support and protect their interests and maximize their chances to break out of the cycle of poverty. (care.org)

The first posting in this series suggested that a combination of security, political and economic transitions in Afghanistan in 2014 may result in both an increase in humanitarian needs in the country, combined with a decrease in the capacity of the international community to deliver protection and assistance. (brookings.edu)

Bearing in mind such reservations, the predictions of international agencies and humanitarian workers in Afghanistan are coalescing around the following displacement scenarios. (brookings.edu)

Since its inception, FINCA Afghanistan has offered a line of sharia-compliant microfinance products, developed after careful vetting with local religious leaders, and confirmed through a fatwa acquired from Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt (the world's most respected Islamic institution of higher learning). (wikipedia.org)

NILI, Afghanistan, 18 November 2017 - For 23-year-old Fatima, it took the death of one child to spark a simple but transformational change, to convince the whole village to start using toilets and improve the health of many young lives. (unicef.org)

The few Western reporters who have braved formidable difficulties to get into Afghanistan tell of a grim and relentless conflict that - while involving occasional acts of terror from both sides - is increasingly marked by pervasive and ruthless measures from the Soviets. (csmonitor.com)

In an interview at the end of 2015, the former chief of staff to Colin Powell and retired US Army Colonel, Lawrence Wilkerson, outlined the realistic timescale he believes the US will be involved in Afghanistan, in addition to emphasizing the strategic importance of the country to the US. (whatreallyhappened.com)

On Monday, press secretary Robert Gibbs was asked repeatedly about Afghanistan and the strategic assessment that had just been completed by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top US commander there. (motherjones.com)

In November 2006, this grant was augmented by $10 million through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as part of an $80 million rural microfinance project to promote development and stability in Afghanistan. (wikipedia.org)

Gibbs noted that Obama had yet to see McChrystal's review, but he said over and over that the Afghanistan war had been "under-resourced" for years by the Bush-Cheney administration and that "it takes a long time to implement" a change in strategy. (motherjones.com)

The head of an international medical charity whose hospital in northern Afghanistan was destroyed in a U.S. airstrike says the "extensive, quite precise destruction" of the bombing raid casts doubt on American military assertions that it was a mistake. (whatreallyhappened.com)

In fact, recent reports have indicated that the US military has broken its record for civilian casualties every single year in Afghanistan, for the past seven years. (whatreallyhappened.com)

Several weeks ago, site co-founder Sharon Weinberger and I started pestering the military about the decision to send a microwave heat ray gun to Afghanistan . (wired.com)

that we have a government in Afghanistan that is self-sufficient, that we have a security force in that country that's able to deal with the challenges that are presented to it. (motherjones.com)

Rising insecurity in Afghanistan may not necessarily result in more displacement while by the same token increased security may not promote significant returns of those displaced within or outside of the country. (brookings.edu)

For example, refugees who have returned to Afghanistan over the last decade have often made significant investments in the place where they have settled, and as a result will be reluctant to relocate again. (brookings.edu)

KHWAJA DU KOH, Afghanistan, 13 May 2014 - Flash floods and landslides in Afghanistan in the past weeks have affected 120,000 people across 16 provinces. (unicef.org)

What is happening in Afghanistan, however, deserves the attention of people of goodwill everywhere, not just because of the Soviet-American-Vietnam comparisons, but because of the nature of the Afghanistan war itself. (csmonitor.com)

But the resistance could not have gone on as long as it has without the substantial support of the people of Afghanistan. (csmonitor.com)

First, transitions such as those envisaged in Afghanistan will impact differentially on different people, in different places and at different times. (brookings.edu)

With the approval of the Telecommunications Services Regulation Act in 2005 (Telecom Law), an independent regulatory agency called the Afghanistan Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRA) was created out of the merger of the Telecommunications Regulatory Board and the State Radio Inspection Department (SRID) under the Ministry of Communications. (wikipedia.org)

This poses a dilemma for him: can he simultaneously keep Democrats from open rebellion by promising that Afghanistan won't turn into a Vietnam-like sinkhole, while preserving GOP support by standing firm on the war? (motherjones.com)